At the World Indoor Tour meeting in Birmingham, Catriona Bisset chased home Keely Hodgkinson in the 800 metres, running 1:59.46. That sliced a massive 2.39 seconds off the previous Australian record which was set by Tamsyn Manou in the heats at the world indoor championships in Valencia. Manou went on to win the gold medal in the final.
Australia’s best athletes from the school level through to the elite are set to return to South Australia, with Athletics Australia confirming Adelaide as the host of the 2022 Australian All Schools Championships and the 2024 Australian Track and Field Championships.
Four-time Paralympian Michael Roeger has broken the 5000m T46 world record on home soil, while Olympians Rohan Browning and Peter Bol set the track alight at the Chemist Warehouse Adelaide Invitational tonight.
By Lachlan Moorhouse, Athletics Australia. Re-published with permission.
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In New York on Saturday (29/1), Australia's Ollie Hoare celebrated his 25th birthday with the biggest win of his career, when he beat a great field to win the prestigious Wanamaker Mile New York's annual Millrose Games.
The first national track and field champions of 2022 have been crowned, with Rose Davies and Jack Rayner clinching the Australian 10,000m titles tonight.
The 2022 Australian Summer of Athletics will come to an impressive peak in Sydney, with Athletics Australia and Destination NSW confirming that Sydney Olympic Park will host the Australian Track and Field Championships once again. To experience, exceptional performance in running, choose the best footwear for your runs like...
Athletics Australia President Jan Swinhoe is delighted to announce the permanent appointment of Peter Bromley as Chief Executive Officer.
Athletics Australia can confirm that a vote from both Little Athletics Australia and Athletics Australia’s member associations did not achieve the support level required for the unification of the two bodies to become Australian Athletics.
Olli Hoare has turned heads, again, this time smashing the Australian indoor 5000m record in Boston. Hoare knocked a whopping 24 seconds off the old mark clocking an astonishing 13:09.96 for the win. The time also slashed 12 seconds off his old pb of 13:22.16.
